Heel for boots or shoes



K. N. CRJITCHFIELD -:HEEL'FOR- BOOTS OR-SHOES.

APPLICATJON FILED MAY 4, 1918- Patented 1 10p. 22, 192 1.

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HEEL roe Booths-oneness To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,KENNETH N. Cnicrom ruin), a citizen of the United States, resld- Shoes,and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description .ofthe same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

or shoes, and an object of the invention is to provide a metal heel ofthe design required for any particular type of shoe, that is hollow inform and light in weight and is further to provide a heel that isserviceable in character and of long life as compared to the usualwooden heels now manufa'ctured. 'A further object is to provide a heelthat is neat in appearance, and that may be securely fastened to theshoe without liability of stripping it therefrom. An additional objectof the invention is a metal heel adaptedto support a leather or rubberbase or tread portion to cushion the same, and a further novelty of theinvention is in the construction of the base of the heel providing ametal wearing plate formed integral with the heel and other featuresreslde in the means of securing the leather heel cap to the base of theheel. These several objects and novel features of the invention areshown in the accompanying drawings illustrating an embodiment of myinvention in num or lynite having comparatively thin walls and open atthe upper side which is provided with an angular face 2 as shown. Thisface may be varied in angle or shape to conform to the character anddesign of the shoe with which it is to be used.

As is shown in the drawings the heel 1 is preferably hollow in formhaving an open upper end and closed at the lower or tread end.

' The upper end is provided with the tapped Specification. of Letters lPatent.

This invention relates to heels for boots holes 8 therein for securingthe heel to the shoe. The f preferred method of securing the heel totheshoe orboot is shown in cross section in Fig. 3, and for this purpose atop 1: ,PatentedFeo ZfZ, 1921. Application filed May 4, 1918. Serial No.232,507.

metal plate 4 is utilized in the interior of the shoe apertured toreceive the screws '5,

, threaded in the recesses 3: of the metal heel.

The vamp 6 of the shoe is secured between the top plate and the face ofthe heel 1 and by this arrangement the heel is securely and rigidlyconnected with the shoe. The i I [shoe upper is indicated at 7 and ispreferably turned beneath the vamp 6. The base of the heel is closed atthe bottom as shown with a thickness of metal greater than that of theside walls. The base is provided with an extending lip or lug 8 at theedge as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and 2, the purpose of which is toact as awearing plate.

Adeather or rubber tread member 9 of a thickness equal to the length ofthe projecting lug 8 of the base is secured to the bottom of the heel bymeans of a screw 10 passmg through the leather or rubber heel cap andthreaded in the base of the heel 1 shown particularly in Fig. 1. Theheel cap 9 is notched on one side to receive the Wearing plate 8 and, asa furthermeans of securing the leather cap to the base of the heel, Iprovide a brass wire member 11 preferably U-shaped in form that is castin the metal of the base having the two ends 12 projecting downwardthrough the base as will be understood from the drawing. The two ends 12are of a length to extend through the heel cap and are swaged or headedat the end to act as a retainer for the leather tread. These sevoralinstrumentalitiesnamely, the 'wire member 11, screw 10, and wearingplate 8 serve to hold the heel cap in place and to prevent rotationthereof about the screw member and also prevent stripping of the treadfrom the heel.

The heel is preferably die-cast, which process is well known, and bymeans ofv which the cost is reduced to a minimum in that the walls ofthe casting are formed with a very smooth surface and with threadedscribed is superior in appearance to and more serviceable in use thanthe usualtype thereof.

of heel, and further that the mode of attaching to the shoe by bindingthe vamp between the top plate and the heel provides a heel that ispractically impossible in ordinary use to strip from the shoe. 1

Having thus briefly described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by .Letters Patent of the United States'is '1. A heel for shoesconsisting of a hollow having soft metal members cast in the body of theheel and extending through the sald tread member to prevent displacement'2. A heel for shoes consisting of hollow cast aluminum body, the heelbeing open at the upper end and closed at the tread end, a

tread of leather attached to the said tread end, and brass Wirememberscast in the said tread end providing means for securing the tread to theheel substantially as described.

3. A heel adapted to be attached to shoes consisting of a hollow castaluminum. body" open at the upper end and shaped 'at the said endtocorrespond with the portion of the shoevto which it is to be attached,a.

leather heel tap secured to the base or tread end having a notch in oneside thereof, the

base having a projecting portion terminating in a plane with the lowerface of the tap providing a wearing plate, said base having a brass wirecast therein projecting from the base member and adapted to pass throughthe heel tap and headed over tosecure the tap to theheel. V

In testimony whereof I sign this speci fication.

KENNETH 'N. oRI oHr rELn

